Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Overcome your fears.

Finance 8

Finance Skills EBITDA Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

If you’re graduating from business school this spring, you might want to be sitting down for this: the job market for recent MBA graduates looks poised to get a lot worse in 2014. First the good news: Hiring of college graduates is expected to increase three percent in 2014, with some sectors doing even better than that.

Marketing 14

Marketing Finance Education Public Relations 14

Strategy Driven

MARCH 6, 2014

Eventually, Mr. Maxwell’s efforts did lead to comprehensive reform, including: financial reporting requirements, accounting standards, and defined roles & responsibilities for directors, according to Professor Eric Hilt in a paper about the Panic of 1826.). Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Insurance 52

Insurance Banking Crisis Discount 52

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

US News and World Report – One of America’s 25 Best Leaders. US News and World Report #1 Best Hospital in the United States – Fortune ‘100 Best Companies to Work For,’ 14 consecutive years. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. CEO Magazine – CEO of the Year. Fortune – #3 World’s Greatest Leaders.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

If you ask someone who works in finance (as I had to) about PE and innovation, he or she will likely tell you that PE sponsors aren’t looking for the next big thing—they’re looking for companies that are dominant in a market, aren’t risky, and have a predictable and steady stream of cash to pay back debt.

LBO 8

LBO Innovation Sample Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

In 2014, the company set a strategic goal to double revenue by 2020, which required disciplined focus on specific strategic growth trajectories. Supported by TAPFIN, a division of ManpowerGroup, they gathered data from HR and Finance systems including the HRIS, VMS, ATS, GL/Finance and A/P.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Twenty-six percent of sales leaders reported that seventy percent or more of their salespeople made quota. Fifty-four percent of sales leaders reported that between fifty to six­ty-nine percent of their salespeople made quota. Twenty percent of sales leaders report that less than half of their salespeople made quota.

Metrics 11

Metrics Telecommunications Telemarketing Software 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

For example, in 2014, at the onset of the sharp deterioration in U.S.-Russian They have also reported receiving threats of fines and increased delays and payments while in customs at the Russian border. These companies are not immune from geopolitical tensions, which can impact their businesses in both direct and indirect ways.

Policies 8

Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

Although cross-border data flows grew 45x between 2005 and 2014, according to a McKinsey analysis , events since 2014 have pushed the pendulum to swing away from unconstrained data globalization. India’s finance ministry has proposed such an approach to the central bank. In contrast, the U.S.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Globalization GAAP Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Although a lot of attention has been given to the idea that millennials in particular will prioritize a sense of purpose and meaning over raw earning power, the numbers are still pretty tough to ignore: looking at where graduates actually want to go, the biggest sectors for top graduates are still technology and finance.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Report Skills Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

How well are those efforts reported to your investors? That may be changing as “enhanced” or “integrated” reporting gains momentum across the globe. Japan’s Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry published The Ito Review in 2014 which points to integrated reporting as a way to combat “short-termism.”

Human Capital 8

Human Capital CFO Banking Report 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

A recent report by the consultancy BCG documented a general decline in sales among consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in the United States during 2017, with mid-sized and large companies losing market share and small companies increasing theirs.

Brand 11

Brand Retail Incubator Merchandising 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

The piece, which won a Pulitzer Prize for reporter David Barstow , raised a host of personal accountability and corporate governance issues for the company. Late last month, on the second anniversary of the story nearly to the day, Walmart released its first Global Compliance Report (GCR).

Compliance 8

Compliance Committee Globalization CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Of all the generations alive today, millennials are the most willing to trade financial return for greater social impact, according to “ Millennials and Money ,” a 2014 study from Merrill Lynch’s Private Banking and Investment Group. The first report of the U.S. Corporate social responsibility Finance Generational issues'

Commitment 9

Commitment Banking Class Entrepreneur 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

And almost all of us have limits on our time and finances — due to kids, social organizations, work, and more — that make additional formal education impractical or impossible. In 2014 a CBRE report estimated that 50% of jobs would be redundant by 2025 due to technological innovation. Learning is positive for health.

Education 8

Education Press Release Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

” A quarter century later, not much seems to have changed: fewer than five out of the 100 CEOs on HBR’s 2014 list of best-performing CEOs even mention “return on capital” on their official biography — and none of those five lead companies listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) or in the EuroStoxx50.

CEO 8

CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

In some sciences, progress can be measured by finding answers to questions, not merely reporting significant effects. Instead of seeking management jobs at GM or Eastman Kodak or Westinghouse, MBAs from elite schools went into finance and consulting. Uber reported that it had 162,000 “driver-partners” in the U.S.

Management 8

Management Retail Construction Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

After controlling for momentum, stock returns aren’t persistent; for example, if high stock returns in 2014 lead to high satisfaction at the start of 2015, these high stock returns don’t necessarily persist in 2015 – a stock that has done well in 2014 should be equally likely to outperform as underperform in 2015.

Long-term 8

Long-term Marketing Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Value: “ Across all of our businesses, our success is based on a simple formula,” Icahn (or someone in his employ) wrote in the most recent annual report of Icahn Enterprises. “[W]e Simplicity: As activist investors go, the Carl Icahn of 2014 really isn’t all that active. Apple Finance Skill vs. luck' In 2012 it was $1.9

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

This discrepancy is likely tied to a difference in methodology as the snapshot is based on concrete app store data while popular surveys draw from the self-reported input of app developers willing to reveal their monthly revenues.). — reports app store search accounts for more than 67% of actual app discovery.

Development 8

Development Advertising Download Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

I stumbled through a few consumer report roundups online, asked the advice of friends and coworkers, and eventually found myself at a local hardware store, where the owner enlightened me to the complex world of BTUs, replaceable filters, and square footage calculations. I am the cofounder and CEO of BioLite.

Marketing 8

Marketing Microfinance Retail Development 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. We insisted that the local team follow Yahoo reporting, systems, and governance requirements. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In its latest report , Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies points to an “affordability crisis” in the U.S. In 2014, the Chinese company WinSun used a giant 3D printer to construct 10 houses in 24 hours. Adding 600 new customers a day, M-KOPA intends to cross the million-unit mark by the end of 2017.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

Many reports have portrayed the Syriza government as the defenders of social justice and Greek national pride. Although former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis made eloquent appeals about the need to rethink macro, he said very little about changing how the economy is run. growth in late 2014 to a 2.5%

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Tourism Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

billion in 2014. Thankfully, Barbara Roberts of Columbia Business School and Tiger21, a financial peer learning group, recently wrote two reports documenting the real-world experiences of entrepreneurs following the sale of their businesses. Here’s an example from one of my coaching clients: Get my personal finances in order.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Follow-up Constraint Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

But “reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” as Mark Twain said. EB operates Ilum as a separate business, while still drawing on Merck’s established corporate resources in IT, finance, privacy, compliance, and legal. Merck and Co. Kenilworth, NJ, USA) topped Fortune’s list for seven consecutive years.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

As a result of this pilot initiative, we found that: 100% of participants reported that their productivity at work either increased (46%) or stayed the same. The 2014 Towers Watson Global Workforce study ranks work-life balance third among the top drivers of sustainable engagement.

Project 8

Project Participative Goal ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

According to the Consumer Electronics Association , drone shipments will increase from 250,000 units in 2014 to nearly a million by 2018. Many use smartphones and tablets as their controllers.). And that’s for a technology that is, and will remain, largely illegal.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 2, 2015

If you’ve ever had any doubt that financial challenges affect your employees’ productivity, findings from the 2014 SHRM Financial Wellness in the Workplace Survey may put that doubt to rest. Reports show refinancing can save borrowers approximately $12,000 dollars over the life of their loan. Benefits for Employees. About the Author.

Education 50

Education Survey Absenteeism Participative 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2017

Having systems to measure specialty-specific patient reported outcomes (PROs) provided an important element that made Geisinger and other systems attractive partners for employer-purchasers. Business development, contracting, and finance personnel are also required. 1,700 patients have undergone joint replacement surgery.

Health Care 8

Health Care Participative System Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Among the firms we identified as focused on the long term, average revenue and earnings growth were 47% and 36% higher, respectively, by 2014, and market capitalization grew faster as well. From 2007 to 2014, their R&D spending grew at an annualized rate of 8.5%, greater than the 3.7% The differences were dramatic.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

By contrast, nearly every program at Parkland “loses” money (if you think in typical hospital-finance terms). Our CMS-reported hospital measures of quality for Medicare patients are comparable with state and national averages. By 2014, more than 1,100 Parkland patients had been safely treated this way.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Unsurprisingly, a 2014 research report by the Federal Reserve shows that when given a choice, 69% of U.S. This past January, the Federal Reserve published a report outlining its, and the market’s, desire for a ubiquitous, real-time payments infrastructure. consumer payers and 75% of U.S.

System 8

System Industry Report Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Apple fanboys and Samsung’s “Next Big Thing”ers would hoot with derisive laughter if The Wall Street Journal or Financial Times reported that GM or Ford planned to rewrite the rules of smartphone innovation. Apple demonstrably understands design, UX, and global supply chain alignment in ways few organizations ever have.

Automotive 8

Automotive Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

At its current 20-25% revenue growth rate, TripAdvisor will reach the billion dollar revenue club in 2014. The chart below shows their financial performance over the last few years, with forecasted 2012 revenue of $767M and EBITDA of $339M. market cap is 6x revenue and 13x EBITDA, so not insane multiples on a comparable basis.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Job growth, while improving, is slow by post-recession standards: The New York Times reported last year that percentage change in payroll, from business cycle trough to business cycle peak, averaged from all previous recessions, is 15%. Finance Hiring Small/medium business' For the current recovery it is 2%.

Banking 8

Banking How To Finance Committee 8